A bit more about my radio gig

Biggles FM

On Christmas Eve at 8:00 pm UK time I will be appearing live on BigglesFM, Biggleswade’s largest independent radio station…. Ok, only independent radio station… Oh OK, and it only broadcasts for two months a year within a 7 mile radius of, well, Biggleswade (Potton actually). However I will be singing and playing some of my latest songs as well as some well chosen covers. At least I think so, but I have bit of the lurgy at the minute and I’m not sure how well my voice will stand up to it.

So how and why is this happening? There was a local newspaper article advertising for bands to appear and I rang up offering the three bands we have on our community record label and Alan (the main man) made space for them even though he only had one slot left. He also asked whether anyone would be prepared to be a reserve for Xmas eve, so I volunteered. And it turns out the guy they have on Xmas eve will only be playing for 45 mins or so, so I am on for the rest of the show.

How do you get BigglesFM? Well if you are within about 7 miles of Biggleswade / Potton you can tune in on 87.9FM. If not you can log in and stream the station live at the BigglesFM website – http://www.bigglesfm.com/ You’ll need a computer that can play sound and then you can choose which application to listen in – windows media, itunes, default MP3 player etc.

The quality is really pretty good – and that’s even before I have started playing! If you let me know that you are going to be listening, let me know and I’ll try to say hello.

The other record label bands have also played – First of all The Jamlinjays (one of our Battle of the Bands winners played on 3rd December. It was bit tricky as we could not get a decent vocal monitor set up and therefore for the band it was quite tricky to hear what was going on. Jay was cool, as he had the phones on and could hear pretty much what was being broadcast. They played a good set, interspersed with hilarious band interviews. The two best lines being “As fresh as an air freshener” from Rich “Air Freshener” Jamlinjay and “We put it in a sweaty box and it comes out funky” from Jay “Sweaty” Jamlinjay. Top performance guys and Chris took some fantastic pictures.
The following Saturday 6th December Noize played on Frank Williamson’s afternoon show. They did 3 songs and got a great reception from our radio show hosts who really enjoyed it. Monitoring was easier as I took a headphone amplifier along which meant we didn’t have to rely on the room monitor, and we could keep Noize’s Noize to a relatively low level (that’s a first as I think they are the loudest band in the world!). They played a couple of their own tracks and a cover of Nervana’s “Territorial” !?!?!. Best interview question – “Would you describe yourselves as a poor band, looking at your equipment?”. One comment I would make is that Will’s amp sounded awesome that day – great sound. Wayne, Chris and Ashley came along as well and managed to get a request played for Debbie while in the studio with Frank.
Then on the following Saturday Phoenix Impact played. They played 3 of their own and two covers (I think the radio station manager was expecting just 3 in total, but they managed to keep putting off the one he wanted to hear until 5th!). We used a different room monitor, which fared better, but Paul, the lead singer, still used head phones. Great set guys. I took some pictures and will give them to Chris to see whether he can do anything with them. I’m not sure that all band members were particularly comfortable playing the last cover, as they had not all played it before!!, however it worked pretty well and went down a storm with the audience (that is me, two of my daughters, the station manager and the DJ).

Check out the pictures page to see some photos from all radio sessions. We look forward to continuing our partnership with BigglesFM when they are next on the air in the summer.

On the radio!!

Phil Hunt - live on BigglesFM



I'm playing live on air on Christmas Eve. At about 8:00 pm (after someone called Chris Martin) I will be singing and playing some of my songs and some covers. It's on BigglesFM, a really local local radio station with a station coverage of about 7 miles from Biggleswade (Beds). If you are in the area you can listen on 87.9FM. if not you can listen live on-line at http://www.BigglesFM.com/ . If you want me to dedicate a song to you, let me know. I'm already dedicating one to someone in Ireland and one in France (and Jen, of course).



It should be a great laugh. I have been rehearsing quite a lot - it's not the songs, but the guitar changeovers which I'll get wrong!! (Oh and, of course, some lyrics.) So you'll find me playing a guitar line on a bass or vice-versa.



Check back here for a report after Christmas